12 Oct
2015
12 Oct
'15
12:27 p.m.
Cool! I know of at least one "large state university" here in Michigan (not
U-M, unfortunately) that still uses OpenVMS (on Itanium) extensively on
their core enterprise systems.
Best,
Sean
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Jason Howe <jason at smbfc.net> wrote:
I was just speaking with a guy who works in the
physics department at work
(A large State University) . He was looking for a 68pin SCSI card for some
purpose, which I was able to find for him in my pile-o-stuff.
It turns out he's trying to revive one of their VMS machines which didn't
come back after a power outage a couple weeks ago. Then I learn that
they're still using a VAX to run their freakin' particle accelerator, I
asked if I could see that stuff in action. So, I'm going to go over for a
tour sometime in the next couple weeks. :)
He also mentioned that they're starting to transition off the old DEC
hardware -- this is also my chance to be sure it doesn't just end up in the
bin.
--Jason